Fayoum / Figurine / Clay (unfired)
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Record Details
- Object Identifier
- 0000.00.6505
- Object Name
- Figurine
- Lot
- Ruthven, Peter
- Collections
- Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
- Object Type
- Figurines
- Materials
- Clay (unfired)
- Length
- 4.8 cm
- Width
- 12.6 cm
- Height
- 20.5 cm
- Inscribed
- no
- Full Artifact Description
- Harpocrates draped to knees sitting vertically on rearing horse, right forefinger to lip. Left arm lies along mane of horse and clinches first at top of horse’s head. Right leg slightly forward. Eyes large, prominent nose. Tall, pointed headdress, flounced at base, side portions draped to shoulders. Ringlets frame forehead. Tail of horse projects straight out and is horizontally striated. Crease for mouth, jawline and ear indicated. Short rectangular base indicated frontal plane only. Back rounded and unindicated. Brown clay moulded hollow in two halves sealed at sides. Bottom open, circular vent in back.
- Verbatim Date
- 3rd-4th c. A.D.
- Verbatim Provenance
- Egypt
- Verbatim Site
- Fayoum
- Countermark
- no
- Publication Title
- De grieks-egyptische terracotta's in het Rijksmuseum van oudheden
- Die Agyptisch-Griechischen Terrakotten
- Breccia, fascicule I
- Publication Author
- van Wijngaarden, W. D.
- Weber, Wilhelm
- Publication Year
- 1958
- 1914
- 0000
- Type Category
- Artifact
Technical Details
- Image Size
- 2272 x 1704
- File Size
- 137 KB
- Record
- 0000.00.6505
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.6505/0000_00_6505p01.tif
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"Fayoum; Figurine; Clay (unfired)." In the digital collection Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.6505/0000_00_6505p01.tif. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 14, 2024.